Taylor urges Johnson to take time out from Chelsea

PETER TAYLOR, the England Under-21 coach, has urged Glen Johnson to take time out from Chelsea and gain first-tem experience elsewhere if he is to kick-start his career.

With both of Sven-Göran Eriksson’s first-choice full backs injured for the World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland, Johnson has plummeted through the rankings from appearing for the seniors in a friendly against Denmark in August to exclusion from the England Under-21 squad preparing to face Austria at Elland Road tonight in a European championship qualifier.

Luke Young and Jamie Carragher are pencilled in to deputise for Gary Neville and Ashley Cole at Old Trafford tomorrow and nowhere has there been so much as a mention for Johnson, whose credentials were undermined by his cameo performance in…